DWP DLA christmas bonus

cosmic-dust

jfh7gwa wrote: »

!!!!!! I had no idea people on benefits got a christmas bonus either.

i get SFA from my employer. maybe i should ask my boss where my extra tenner is this year, or where my inflation-linked raise was for the last two

It's only certain people on benefits. Take a look at the list and then see if you still begrudge it.
Who is eligible?

To get a Christmas Bonus you must be a resident in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, any EEA country, or Switzerland. You must also be entitled to at least one of the following benefits in the qualifying week (normally the first full week of December):

• Attendance Allowance
• Carer's Allowance
• Constant Attendance Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes)
• Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (once the main phase of the benefit is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim)
• Disability Living Allowance
• Incapacity Benefit at the long-term rate
• Industrial Death Benefit (for widows or widowers)
• Mobility Supplement
• Pension Credit - the guarantee element
• State Pension (including Graduated Retirement Benefit)
• Severe Disablement Allowance (transitionally protected)
• Unemployability Supplement or Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes)
• War Disablement Pension if over State Pension age
• War Widow's Pension
• Widowed Mother's Allowance
• Widowed Parent's Allowance
• Widow's Pension

richard9991

The christmas bonus when first introduced was the equivilent of 2 weeks state pension but has never been increased with inflation it would now be around £100 now if it had

flight747

Last year and the year before I gave my xmas bonus to my great grandma as she is 94 and need it!

duchesspink1

I don't understand why there is a bonus paid at all!

elliot20

jonnyboy82 wrote: »

hi all..

just wondering if anyone knows or has had a letter etc about the £10 bonus this year,i am on DLA and know certain benefits including DLA qualify for this..

anyone had there payment yet?

Hi, everyone .I'm new in this forum.
I have few questions.

I receive dla for my daughter(autistic)I HAVE ANOTHER CHILD NORMAL. Personally I work, my wife doesn't.. I have a mortgage.

MY QUESTIONS:
1. DO I have any ease on council tax?
2.what about school meals?
3.Any car allowance?

Thanks your help will be much appreciated

paddedjohn

elliot20 wrote: »

Hi, everyone .I'm new in this forum.
I have few questions.

I receive dla for my daughter(autistic)I HAVE ANOTHER CHILD NORMAL. Personally I work, my wife doesn't.. I have a mortgage.

MY QUESTIONS:
1. DO I have any ease on council tax?
2.what about school meals?
3.Any car allowance?

Thanks your help will be much appreciated

Hi elliot, if you start your own thread im sure you will get a lot of helpful reponses a lot quicker, your questions may end up buried here for ever;)

cosmic-dust

elliot20 wrote: »

Hi, everyone .I'm new in this forum.
I have few questions.

I receive dla for my daughter(autistic)I HAVE ANOTHER CHILD NORMAL. Personally I work, my wife doesn't.. I have a mortgage.

MY QUESTIONS:
1. DO I have any ease on council tax?
2.what about school meals?
3.Any car allowance?

Thanks your help will be much appreciated

I'm so having to bite my lips about the "normal" comment!
1. Depends on household income
2. school meals you work, so can't see you getting any assistance with that.
3. Car allowance for what exactly?

happy_lass

i have a NORMAL autistic daughter. Hubs works full time and i work part time. Depending on how old your daughter is, you wont get any ease on your council tax (maybe when she/he reaches adulthood you might, if they are still living with you), you wont get free school meals (i assume that is what you meant?) and you will only get car allowance if you son daughter is on the highest rate of dla mobility otherwise you wont get anything.

elliot20

happy_lass wrote: »

i have a NORMAL autistic daughter. Hubs works full time and i work part time. Depending on how old your daughter is, you wont get any ease on your council tax (maybe when she/he reaches adulthood you might, if they are still living with you), you wont get free school meals (i assume that is what you meant?) and you will only get car allowance if you son daughter is on the highest rate of dla mobility otherwise you wont get anything.

Thanks for your response. My daughter its mid mobility so,I assume not worth asking about car allowance

elliot20

cosmic-dust wrote: »

I'm so having to bite my lips about the "normal" comment!
1. Depends on household income
2. school meals you work, so can't see you getting any assistance with that.
3. Car allowance for what exactly?

When I said normal. Meant nothing wrong with him.Also I don't want to put my life story into the quotes
Thanks for your response